Equipped with a black combat harness, Marksman Ultras utilize helmets modified with an advanced targeting scope which emits a bright red glow. Jackal Marksmen Ultras are the Covenant's champion long-range combatants, having perfected the art of sniping through their many years of combat experience. Spec-Ops Jackals were deployed during the final hours of the Flood Outbreak of Installation 04 and equipped with Brute Plasma Pistols, Shredders, and Piercers to better combat the Flood. Their heavy-duty point-defense gauntlets emit a white color and can only be collapsed with an EMP. Rank Structure, Weaponry and Equipment RankĬlad in black armor, these Jackal veterans are hand-picked by the Special Operations branch of the Covenant for dangerous, high-profile missions alongside Spec-Ops Elites. The Jackal Carrier Form walks on all 4 legs, crawl on walls and ceilings, and can leap but at the cost of being more agile, they are weaker. Instead of being turned into a combat form, they are turned into a carrier form that differs from the grunt's form. Despite the lack of calcium in their skeletons, the Flood still make use of them. Their blood is bright purple in color, similar to that of the Sangheili, possibly showing a similar chemical makeup. While Kig-Yar have hollow bones and are physically frail, they are capable of moving quickly to evade harm. Nevertheless, their low social position has made the Kig-Yar to form a long and bitter rivalry with the equally low Unggoy, some of which, led to entire Grunt Rebellions. Despite this, the Kig-Yar only joined the Covenant out of material goods rather than any sincere belief in the Great Journey, which is why the Kig-Yar has such a low position in the Covenant Hierarchy and why the Sangheili generally looked down upon them.ĭespite sharing such a low position in Covenant's army, they share a high position in the Covenant's space fleet due to their history in piracy. As the closest equivalent of a middle-class citizen in the Covenant, the Kig-Yar's history of piracy and trade has made important merchants within the Covenant sphere. Within the Covenant, the Kig-Yar occupy a low but important position. Kig-Yar have extraordinary senses of sight, hearing, and smell. Kig-Yar have been known to eat the flesh of fallen enemies, as well as live prisoners. They have sharp claws on both hands and feet.īeing carnivores, their jaws are lined with rows of razor-sharp teeth some have far more numerous teeth which bear a passing resemblance to baleen. Their legs are sinewy and muscular, and are digitigrade in a similar fashion to birds. Kig-Yar have features similar to that of birds of prey as well as reptiles. 2 Rank Structure, Weaponry and Equipment.

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